{"product_id":"9781408889237","title":"Mudlarking: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Lara Maiklem","description":"Fascinating. Mudlarks are river scavengers, but Lara Maiklem is more like a time traveller' GuardianMudlark (\/'mAdla;k\/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in the mud of a river or harbourLara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames for nearly twenty years, in pursuit of the objects the river unearths: from Neolithic flints to Roman hairpins, medieval buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes to Victorian toys. What began as a search for solitude came to reveal the story of a city, its people and their lost ways of life. *The No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller and the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, now with full colour images*'Enchanting . . . I am quite tempted to join Maiklem on the riverbed looking for treasure' Sunday Times'Reveals to us the fascinating and poignant micro-world of London's history' Hallie Rubenhold, Baillie Gifford Prize-winning author of The Five'No one has looked at these odd corners since Sherlock Holmes' Sunday Telegraph'A quirky and delightful read, wonderfully evocative of London's gloopy, ghost-haunted river' Daily MailWINNER OF THE 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION; 336 pages, 1x8pp colour plate section; Published: 05\/03\/2020\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781408889237\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56456887697790,"sku":"9781408889237","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9781408889237.jpg?v=1761326696","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9781408889237","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}